Anybody that buys the xbox at 500 bucks is an idiot. The ps4 isn't much better, and I wouldnt buy that overhyped machine at launch either, but it at least is capable of 1080P on a consistent basis it seems.

There's even rumours the OS is running awfully still too, riddle with crashes and bugs apparently. Hope someone else breaks any NDAs on the subject cause that'd be a biggy if the OS was shoddy at launch. A few worse off multiplats i can live with.

Edit: I'm assuming Bish was talking about this then? Or it could be the whole esRAM causing production/reliability issues.

@ReadingRainbow4 said:

Originally Posted by bishoptl

If CBOAT ever spills publicly what s/he shared via PM regarding a myriad of other technical issues going on right now...

I'm going right back in that shelter and welding it shut.

Edit 2: Seems the multiplat fails aren't the reason for the embargo. Which is more concerning imo.

Apparently microsoft wanted to keep this under the carpet until atleast 10 days before launch, that way the Preorder alot of people subjected too will still go through or some shit, if they decided to switch to Quadizzle.

So a new rumor is something other than resolution? I don't believe any of this shit.

There's lots of tight lipped people so it's hard to tell. There seems to be resolution of a few titles and another more major issue going off. None of it's in the open, a guy from Polygon, a former IGN guy and some stuff the leaker CBOAT apparently leaked to one of the Neogaf mods all points to something being up.

Speculation points to either the rumours of OS problems from a day or two ago or something with the esRAM as CBOAT leaked last week.

What's annoying is no one is just coming out and saying it. Frustrating for us who've got our cash riding on it.

I’m not reviewing any Xbox One games so I will tell you right now, Ghosts on XB1 is indeed 720p vs PS4′s 1080p. Could that change? Maybe?

— David Abrams (@CheapyD) October 26, 2013

Owns the Cheap Ass Gamer site. Seems the resolution stuff is looking to be true.

I don't know about the other rumours though, it's too mental at the moment. Add a problem with the authentication patch on launch to a list of potential problems. It seems there's certainly something stopping some reviewers from playing X1 games enough to review.

F' it i'm off to bed, there's too much crazy stuff and speculation going on.

Maybe at launch. But lets be serious here, MS simply doesn't have the studio backing that Sony does. There is no Naughty Dog, Quantic Dream, Santa Monica, Media Molecule etc....Halo lost its way 3 games ago. Gears is done! Fable is garbage! Heck, even the Xbone' s vaunted Titanfall has been officially revealed as a timed exclusive now.

Maybe at launch. But lets be serious here, MS simply doesn't have the studio backing that Sony does. There is no Naughty Dog, Quantic Dream, Santa Monica, Media Molecule etc....Halo lost its way 3 games ago. Gears is done! Fable is garbage! Heck, even the Xbone' s vaunted Titanfall has been officially revealed as a timed exclusive now.

Sadly what you say about Halo & Gears is true. Hope they do a proper Fable once Legends is done.

So who's to blame for this rushed clusterfuck? Dastardly Don Mattrick?

Maybe but I doubt it though. Seems to me he was just used as a scape goat. If you ask me the whole upper brass of the Xbone division are to blame for this mess.

This is just sad! They are trying to hold out with the embargo because they feel that letting people know 10 days before the launch won't hurt them with too many preorders cancelled? What kind of stupid reasoning is this? If anything it will make things worse for them. How can lemmings defend this?